Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-05 | Page 6 | Situation Well in Hand

I i 3 Z S Situation tu Well ell In Baud Washington April 4 Major Major Nor Nor- or- or moyle moyle the head hend of oC the arm army relief forces ortes for flood districts reported today that he had the situation well In hand Answering a n query concerning the possibility lt of ot starvation In Marietta Mariet Mariet- ta the officer responded I r i will feed them with a spoon poon I If necessary Surgeon Evans reported to Surgeon Gen General raJ Stokes Stoke from Cincinnati that all stricken towns town now have hac competent medical men and sufficient supplies except except except ex ex- serums The conditions to be met relate solely to food clothing and shelter shot shel ter and the prevention of ot epidemics and l. l Surgeon Evans E believes the local health I authorities now are able to han handle le the situation I r 1 rI I have no doubt he reported th that t when the crest of of or the flood roaches lower river points where there is a a. vcr very lar large colored and uneducated e population population tion there will b be much disease and destitution to be handled b by tho the local authorities with the assistance o of government government gov gov- O rations and clothing but In SoI so I far as the medical and surgical situation situa situa- tion Is concerned each uch community should be an and 1 believe Is 11 able to handle Its Us own population At tho the request of at JohnH Patterson chairman of ot tho the citizens' citizens relief committee committee com com- of Dayton Daton 0 O. Secretary McAdoo ordered National Bank Examiner Goodhart Goodhart Goodhart Good- Good hart to go from Columbus to Dayton to advise lse th the financial Institutions of 01 the flood devastated city as U to methods d dof of rehabilitation l I